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Defense secretary: Killed Somali pirates were "untrained" teenagers ("No Military Solution")
China View ^ | 4/13/2009 | Mu Xuequan

Posted on 04/13/2009 3:27:57 PM PDT by tobyhill

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday that three Somali pirates who were killed by the Navy's Seals to end a hostage crisis were "untrained" teenagers.

Addressing an audience at the Marine Corps War College in Quantico, Virginia, Gates said that the slain pirates, aged at between 17 to 19, were heavily armed but inexperienced.

They were shot dead on Sunday at the end of a five-day standoff with the U.S. military after they attacked a U.S.-flagged cargo ship about 400 kilometers away from Somali and held an American captain as hostage.

"As long as you've got this incredible number of poor people and the risks are relatively small, there's really no way in my view to control it unless you get something on land that begins to change the equation for these kids," Gates told students and faculty members.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; ashoura; bho44; bhodod; bhosecdef; hateamericafilth; liberals; maritime; pirates; quantico; robertgates; rop; somalipirates; trop
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1 posted on 04/13/2009 3:27:57 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Rummy, we need you back


2 posted on 04/13/2009 3:29:22 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: tobyhill

well they will now not grow up to be trained killers


3 posted on 04/13/2009 3:29:35 PM PDT by pennboricua
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To: tobyhill

Lead changes equations especially from well trained American Military experts. Bill Ayers weeps.


4 posted on 04/13/2009 3:29:37 PM PDT by junta (Not even respectable mainstream conservatives can save liberalism.)
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To: tobyhill

Midnight basketball.....yea, that will fix everything!


5 posted on 04/13/2009 3:29:49 PM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: tobyhill

>Defense secretary: Killed Somali pirates were “untrained” teenagers.

Can we impeach him?


6 posted on 04/13/2009 3:29:55 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: tobyhill

You play, you pay.


7 posted on 04/13/2009 3:30:15 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: tobyhill

Good. As they say, if you’re in a fair fight, your tactics suck.


8 posted on 04/13/2009 3:30:28 PM PDT by marron
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To: tobyhill

Sounds like we just need to raise the risks for them...


9 posted on 04/13/2009 3:30:40 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: tobyhill

whats the point???


10 posted on 04/13/2009 3:30:43 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: tobyhill
that three Somali pirates who were killed by the Navy's Seals to end a hostage crisis were "untrained" teenagers.

LOL! Oh, we have trained pirates now, do we?

11 posted on 04/13/2009 3:31:18 PM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: tobyhill

Maybe US taxpayers (or the UN, funded there from) can pony up the $$ to bring the pirates up to snuff, and that’ll make it fair.


12 posted on 04/13/2009 3:31:21 PM PDT by Bertha Fanation
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To: tobyhill

Good gawd...does it matter?


13 posted on 04/13/2009 3:31:45 PM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: junta
Gates says there is no military solution and Obama says he will combat them. I guess our military needs their bucket of spitballs back.
14 posted on 04/13/2009 3:31:45 PM PDT by tobyhill ("Hope and Change" is so overrated!)
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To: tobyhill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9uo98lORhw&feature=related


15 posted on 04/13/2009 3:32:10 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9uo98lORhw&feature=related


16 posted on 04/13/2009 3:32:32 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: OneWingedShark
Dear Mr. Gates:

We have lots of untrained teenagers with guns here too. They're called GANG MEMBERS! And they regularly KILL PEOPLE!

17 posted on 04/13/2009 3:32:47 PM PDT by Enterprise (Hey Pirates - you got yer asses kicked!)
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To: OneWingedShark
"Defense secretary: Killed Somali pirates were “untrained” teenagers."

Poor babies.

The mean ol USA shouldn't have had our dangerous ships out there in the first place. Afterall, Black (and Islamic) youts were playing there.

18 posted on 04/13/2009 3:33:04 PM PDT by blam
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To: tobyhill
"untrained teenagers"

Consider them schooled.

19 posted on 04/13/2009 3:33:08 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: tobyhill

Does this make Obama a war criminal?


20 posted on 04/13/2009 3:33:15 PM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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